KR20140038665A - Server apparatus and method for providing storage replacement service of user equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

Disclosed are a server apparatus capable of virtually substituting for a physical storage device which is removed from a user terminal in which only an arithmetic unit and peripheral equipment are installed and inputting/outputting data at a high rate, and a method of providing service of replacing storage device in the server apparatus.The server apparatus according to the present invention comprises a storage means for storing a master image about a partition in which an operating system and an application program are installed, and derived and booting images generated from the master image; a remote booting module for assigning an IP address to a user terminal accessing to a network and for transmitting the booting image to the user terminal; an image generating module for generating the derived image corresponding to the user terminal from the master image; an image transmitting module for transmitting the master or derived image to the user terminal through the network; and an image management module for receiving a working result of the mast or derived image by the user terminal to reflect the working result on the master or derived image stored in the storage means. [Reference numerals] (111) Image management module; (113) Derived image generating module; (115) Image transmitting module; (119) Remote booting module; (130) User terminal; (150) Network; (AA) Master image; (BB) Arbitrary image; (CC) Derived image 1; (DD) Derived image N

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD [0001] The present invention relates to a server device for providing a service for replacing a storage device of a user terminal,

The present invention relates to a remote storage technology, and more particularly, to a server device for providing a remote storage service for a plurality of computers in a plurality of computer environments having a computing device, such as a hard disk, It is about the method.

As the computer technology advances, the performance of the computer becomes better, but the price becomes cheaper and the spread of the computer is rapidly increasing. Most homes have at least one computer, and most businesses are handled by computers in corporations and government offices. In addition to this, computer games are popular, and computer game rooms are growing up in many parts of the region.

However, although the computer technology developed, the desk-top computer, which is not a notebook computer, is not yet miniaturized. Instead, the size of the monitor and the like are becoming larger, and a company, a school or a government office using the desk- Space is becoming very narrow due to the above-mentioned desktop computer. In addition, heat, noise, and electromagnetic waves generated from a large number of computer main bodies make the office space and the learning space more difficult, and as a result of having a large number of computers, the maintenance and repair of the computer system suffers.

Accordingly, it concentrates the physical disk of the computer in the center, and there is no physical disk in the user's personal space, only the computing device is provided, and only the computer peripheral such as the monitor and the keyboard is installed, A system is required to enable. In particular, such a system is required in a PC room that manages and manages a large number of computers. That is, a hard disk (HDD) generally used in a user's computer in a PC room occupies a large part of the performance degradation compared to other computer components due to a long access time, When an artificial change occurs in a device, it is very difficult to identify and is difficult to cope with. In addition, system partitions that store the operating system on the user's computer can be protected to some degree with commercialized backup and recovery solutions. However, if the boot sector (MBR) of the storage device such as the rootkit virus is damaged, the existing recovery solution becomes ineffective. In the case of a partition storing a game program, it is difficult to protect by a backup and recovery multiple solution. In general, a PC room provides 60 to 70 kinds of games. It requires a lot of labor and it takes a lot of time because of the limit of the capacity of the external Internet line.

Korean Patent Laid-Open No. 2001-0083492 (September 1, 2001)

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been proposed in order to solve the above-mentioned problems, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a data processing system and a data processing method thereof, in which a physical storage device is eliminated and a physical storage device of a user terminal installed with only a computing device and a peripheral device is virtually replaced, And an object of the present invention is to provide a server device and a substitute service method of the storage device in the server device.

Other objects and advantages of the present invention can be understood by the following description, and will be more clearly understood by the embodiments of the present invention. It will also be readily apparent that the objects and advantages of the invention may be realized and attained by means of the instrumentalities and combinations particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a server apparatus for providing a substitute service for a storage device to a user terminal having no storage device and having a computing device, Storage means for storing an image and a derived image generated from the master image and a boot image; A remote boot module for assigning an IP address to the user terminal connected via a network and transmitting the boot image to the user terminal; An image generation module that generates the derivative image corresponding to the user terminal from the master image; An image transmission module for transmitting the master image or the derivative image to the user terminal via the network; And an image management module that receives the operation result of the master image or the derivative image from the user terminal and reflects the operation result on the master image or the derivative image stored in the storage unit.

The image generation module may generate a temporary image from the master image and generate the derived image from the temporary image.

When the operation completion signal using the master image is received from the user terminal having received the master image, the image generation module deletes the existing temporary image and newly generates a temporary image from the completed master image.

The server device may further include a derivative image update module that controls the image generation module to delete the derivative image under a specific condition and generate a new derivative image.

The specific condition may be either when the user terminal reboots or when the user terminal reboots within a certain period of time.

The master image may be divided into an operating system partition image and a game program partition image.

The master image may include a terminal registration module for detecting whether the user terminal is a terminal registered in the server and registering information of an unregistered user terminal in a server.

The server device may further include a server management module that monitors the operation status of the server device and switches connection of the user terminal to a backup server device that synchronizes data in real time when a failure occurs in the server device.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of replacing the storage device by a server connected to a user terminal having a storage device and a computing device, the method comprising: Generating an image and a boot image, generating a derivative image from the master image, and storing the generated image in the storage means; Assigning an IP address to the user terminal connected through the network and transmitting the boot image to the user terminal; Transmitting the master image or the derivative image to the user terminal through the network according to mode selection information received from the user terminal; And receiving a job result of the master image or the derivative image at the user terminal from the user terminal and reflecting the master image or the derivative image stored in the storing means to the master image or the derivative image.

The present invention can prevent fragmentation of each of a plurality of user terminals in a plurality of user terminal environments and protect a user terminal from artificially modulated.

In addition, the present invention provides all the updates to all user terminals with a single modification when an update of an operating system or a program is performed in a plurality of user terminal environments, thereby providing convenience of management.

Further, the present invention provides a faster access time than when a physical hard disk is directly installed and operated in a user terminal.

1 illustrates a storage device replacement system in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a signal flow diagram illustrating the operation of the administrator mode in the system of FIG.
3 is a signal flow diagram illustrating the operation of the general user mode in the system of FIG.
4 is a diagram illustrating a storage device replacement system in accordance with another embodiment of the present invention.
5 is a signal flow diagram illustrating the operation of the general user mode in the system of FIG.
6 is a signal flow diagram illustrating a process of registering an unregistered user terminal in the system of FIG.
7 is a diagram illustrating a storage device replacement system in accordance with another embodiment of the present invention.
8 is a diagram illustrating a storage device replacement system in accordance with another embodiment of the present invention.
9 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a mass storage device of a storage device replacement system according to another embodiment of the present invention.

The foregoing and other objects, features and advantages of the present invention will become more apparent from the following detailed description of the present invention when taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which: There will be. In the following description, well-known functions or constructions are not described in detail since they would obscure the invention in unnecessary detail. Hereinafter, a preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Throughout the specification, when an element is referred to as "comprising ", it means that it can include other elements as well, without excluding other elements unless specifically stated otherwise. Also, the terms "part," " module, "and the like, which are described in the specification, refer to a unit for processing at least one function or operation, and may be implemented by hardware or software or a combination of hardware and software.

1, a system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes a server 110, a plurality of user terminals 130, and a server 110 And a network 150 connecting the plurality of user terminals 130 to each other.

The user terminal 130 is a computing device without a physical hard disk and includes a central processing unit (CPU), a graphics controller, and an input / output (I / O) A controller, a parallel port controller, a USB controller, a keyboard, and a mouse. The CPU is coupled to a system memory including a dynamic random access memory (DRAM), and may include non-volatile memory such as a programmable read only memory (PROM) or a flash memory.

The server 110 is a device that includes a mass storage device such as one or more hard disks and provides a virtual environment for a plurality of user terminals 130 without a physical hard disk to provide a computing environment. The server 110 includes a NIC, a mass storage device, a CPU, an optical drive, and an input / output (I / O) device. The NIC provides an interface to the network 150. The mass storage device may comprise one or more RAID arrays or one or more hard disk drives that operate independently. Alternatively, the mass storage device may be implemented using a storage area network (SAN) or a network attached storage (NAS) subsystem.

Referring to FIG. 1, a server 110 includes an image management module 111, a derivative image generation module 113, an image transmission module 115, and a remote boot module 119.

The image management module 111 receives an image, i.e., a master image, of the physical hard disk from the administrator terminal and stores the master image in the storage device, and stores the master image and the temporary image generated by the derived image generation module 113, And derived images. Here, the management includes updating of images, change data storage of images, input / output management of a user through association between a master image and a derivative image, and the like.

The master image, the temporary image, and the derived images are stored in the above-mentioned mass storage device. Here, the administrator terminal may be a user terminal 130 connected with an administrator ID / password or may be a dedicated administrator terminal, but in the present embodiment, the user terminal 130 connected with an administrator ID / password will be described. The image is also referred to as snapshots or clones or flash-copies.

The master image may be an image of one disk drive including a program operating in an operating system such as an operating system and a game program, or may be an operating system image, which is a system partition including an operating system necessary for driving the user terminal 130, A program partition image including only programs independent of an operating system such as a program.

The master image may include a terminal registration module for registering the unregistered user terminal 130 in the server. The terminal registration module is executed when the user terminal 130 is booted up with a master image or a temporary image, and receives the terminal information such as the number and name of the user terminal from the manager and records the terminal information in a configuration file of the server.

When the operating system image and the program image are distinguished from each other, efficient operation management according to the specification of the user terminals 130 is possible. Typically, when the system of this embodiment is applied to a PC room, the PC room can be efficiently managed. It is necessary to operate a group of computers having different specifications according to the necessity of operating a PC room. In this case, each of the computer groups having different specifications transmits an operating system image conforming to the computer specification of each group, and the program image is not specifically dependent on the computer specification So you can transfer a single program image to any group of computers. At this time, only one program image is provided, and an operating system image is provided for the number of computer groups divided according to the specification.

The derived image generation module 113 generates derived images to be provided to the user terminals 130 from the master image. Specifically, the derivative image generation module 113 generates a derivative image corresponding to the user terminal from the master image when the user terminals 130 are connected. For example, when one user terminal 130 is connected, one derivative image is generated. When N user terminals 130 are connected, N derivative images are generated. The master image occupies storage capacity, but the derived image created from the master image has only information that it refers to the master image, does not take up storage space in the server, and is changed only when there is a part changed by the user's work Only the data of the portion is recorded in the server. Therefore, the capacity increase can be effectively prevented.

When a derivative image provided to the user terminals 130 is directly derived from the master image and the operation of the administrator for the master image (for example, file deletion / storage / modification, program installation / deletion, etc.) A derivative image is generated from the master image whose operation is not completed and is transmitted to the corresponding user terminal 130. [ Therefore, the derived image may be in an incomplete state. Therefore, as another embodiment, the derived image generation module 113 preferably generates a temporary image from the master image and then generates a derived image from the temporary image.

At this time, when the administrator's operation on the master image is completed, that is, when the update completion input is received from the manager, the derivative image generation module 113 deletes the existing temporary image, creates a temporary image from the updated master image, It is preferable to generate a derivative image to be provided to the image processing unit 130. [ By this operation, for example, when the user terminal 130 using the derived image created before the updating of the master image reboots after updating the master image, the user terminal 130 is provided with a derivative derived from the newly created temporary image By providing an image, the user can utilize the computing function in an updated environment.

The image transfer module 115 transfers the master image, the temporary image, and the derivative image to the corresponding user terminal 130.

The remote boot module 119 includes a DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) function and a TFTP (Trivial File Transfer Protocol) function. When the user terminal 130 attempts to boot, And assigns an IP address to the user terminal 130 using the MAC address of the user terminal 130 and transmits the boot image to the user terminal 130 through the TFTP function.

The configuration file may be, for example, a dhcpd.conf file, and an example of the PC 8 recorded in the configuration file is as follows.

host PC8 {

hardware ethernet 10: BF: 48: 7B: 6A: A4;

fixed-address 115.92.49.8;

option host-name "PC8";

site-option-space "pxelinux";

option pxelinux.configfile "/ PC8 / default";

option pxelinux.pathprefix "/ pxelinux /";

if substring (option vendor-class-identifier, 0, 9) = "PXEClient" {

filename "gpxelinux.0";

}

}

Here, the host PC 8 means to start the setting for the PC 8, the hardware ethernet 10: BF: 48: 7B: 6A: A4 is the MAC address of the PC 8, and the fixed address 115.92.49.8 is the IP address Option-host-name "PC8" is the computer name to assign to PC8, site-option-space "pxelinux" refers to the option for the boot module, and option pxelinux.configfile "/ PC8 / default" Option pxelinux.pathprefix "/ pxelinux /" is the location of the folder containing the boot image, if substring (option vendor-class-identifier, 0, 9) = "PXEClient" {filename "gpxelinux.0" refers to the transfer of the boot image when IP is assigned to the PXE boot.

When the MAC address of the user terminal 130 is not registered in the configuration file when the user terminal 130 tries booting, that is, when the user terminal 130 is in the unregistered state, Assign an IP address. Also, the remote boot module 119 pops up an input window for registering the user terminal to the user terminal 130 in an unregistered state to register the information of the user terminal, thereby inputting the PC number, computer name, And stores the IP address in the configuration file, and assigns the IP address to be registered to the configuration file.

Where the boot image includes information about which derivative image the user terminal 130 should receive, and a menu for selecting an administrator boot / general user boot. The boot image may be stored in the server 110 corresponding to each user terminal 130 by the number of the user terminals 130, or only one boot image may be stored and used.

The remote boot module 119 performs authentication when it receives the ID / password from the user terminal at the time of booting the administrator, and when the authentication is successful, requests the transfer of the master image or the temporary image to the image transmission module 115, When the general user is booted, the image transmission module 115 requests the transmission of the derived image without receiving the ID / password and the booting is successful.

2 is a signal flow diagram illustrating the operation of the administrator mode in the system of FIG.

Referring to FIG. 2, the administrator applies power to the user terminal 130 (S201). Accordingly, the user terminal 130 transmits the MAC address to the server 110 according to the PXE (Pre-Boot eXecution Environment) boot sequence set on the main board, and the server 110 transmits the MAC address to the user 110 And searches the IP address to be allocated to the terminal 130 and allocates the retrieved IP address to the user terminal 130 (S203).

After assigning the IP address, the server 110 transmits the boot image to the user terminal 130 (S205). Where the boot image includes information about which derivative image the user terminal 130 should receive, and a menu for selecting an administrator boot / general user boot. Preferably, the server 110 stores a plurality of boot images corresponding to the user terminals 130, searches one of the boot images using the MAC address of the user terminal 130, and transmits the retrieved one to the user terminal 130 .

The user terminal 130 receiving the boot image displays the boot image and receives an input from the administrator about the boot of the administrator (S207). Accordingly, the user terminal 130 outputs an input window for inputting the ID and the password, receives the ID and the password through the input window, and transmits the ID and the password to the server 110 (S209).

The server 110 receiving the ID and the password performs the authentication using the ID and the password, and transmits the master image to the user terminal 130 when the authentication is successful (S211). The user terminal 130 receiving the master image boots using the received master image (S213).

When booting, a logical drive for the master image is created in the user terminal 130 and the administrator sets environment settings of the operating system in the master image, installs a game program, installs an office program, or deletes an existing installed program And the like (S215). The result of the operation is transferred to the server 110 and reflected in the master image in the server (S217, S219).

Thereafter, when the manager completes the job (S221), the server 110 deletes the existing master image, that is, the temporary image created from the master image that does not reflect the manager's job results, A temporary image is generated (S223). Therefore, the derived image derived from the temporary image reflecting the operation result of the manager is transmitted to the user terminal 130, which accesses the server 110 thereafter.

3 is a signal flow diagram illustrating the operation of the general user mode in the system of FIG.

Upon receiving the boot image in step S207 of the embodiment described with reference to FIG. 2, the user terminal 130 transmits an ordinary user boot request to the server 110 (S301). At this time, the general user boot request may include information of a derivative image that the user terminal 130 should receive.

The server 110 receiving the general user boot request searches for a derivative image corresponding to the user terminal 130 among a plurality of derivative images derived from the temporary image generated from the master image (S303).

The server 110 that has retrieved the derived image transmits the retrieved derived image to the user terminal 130 (S305), and the user terminal 130 that has received the derived image boots with the derived image (S307). When booting, a logical drive for the derivative image is created in the user terminal 130, and the user sets the environment of the operating system in the derived image, drives the game program or the office program, Deletion, and the like (S309). The result of the operation is transmitted from the user terminal 130 to the server 110, and the server 110 reflects the received operation result in the derived image (S311, S313).

When the user selects to complete the computing task and to finish, the end signal is transmitted from the user terminal 130 to the server 110 (S315). The server 110 stores the derivative image reflecting the user's computing operation without deleting it (S317). Accordingly, even when the same user re-applies power to the user terminal 130, the reboot is performed with the derived image reflecting the result of all the operations previously processed, so that the continuity of the operation can be maintained.

4, a storage device replacement system according to another embodiment of the present invention includes a server 410, a plurality of user terminals 130, And a network 150 connecting the server 410 and the plurality of user terminals 130.

In FIG. 4, the same reference numerals as those shown in FIG. 1 include all the functions and operations described with reference to FIG. Therefore, the description of the same functions and operations of the components having the same reference numerals as those of the components shown in Fig. 1 will be omitted here. In the present embodiment with reference to FIG. 4, the server 410 further includes a derived image update module 411. FIG.

The derived image update module 411 controls the derived image generation module 113 to delete the derived image generated by the derived image generation module 113 under a specific condition and generate a new derived image. The specific condition may be a condition for deleting an existing derived image and generating a new derived image each time the user terminal 130 is booted.

The user terminal 130 needs to provide the same environment as the environment of the master image every time the user changes. Thus, the derived image update module 411 updates the user terminal 130 every time the user terminal 130 is booted, And controls the derivative image generation module 113 to generate a new derivative image. Accordingly, a derivative image identical to the master image can be downloaded to the corresponding user terminal 130, and a computing function can be utilized by using a derivative image in a clean state. If the derived image used by the previous user is provided to the user terminal 130 as it is, if the unnecessary program is installed or the environment setting is not suitable for the new user, the new user has to change the environment setting Or malfunction due to viruses may occur.

In another embodiment, the specific condition may be a condition for deleting an existing derived image and generating a new derived image when the user terminal 130 is booted only for a specific time period. The environment setting may be changed by the user after the derived image is driven in the user terminal 130, or a new program may be installed and reboot may be required. When the same user continuously uses the user terminal 120 but the corresponding user terminal 120 needs to be rebooted, as described above, when the existing derived image is deleted and a new derived image is generated at every booting, The user's desired environment setting is not properly reflected or the new program is not installed at all, and the existing work environment is also deleted. Accordingly, when the user terminal 130 is booted only at a specific time, it is possible to delete an existing derived image and generate a new derived image.

Typically, when the system is applied to a PC room, the PC room administrators reboot the PCs in order to return the PC room PCs to their initial state in the early morning hours. The derived image can be deleted and a new derivative image can be generated and transmitted to each of the PCs.

5 is a signal flow diagram illustrating the operation of the general user mode in the system of FIG.

Referring to FIG. 5, the user applies power to the user terminal 130 (S501). Accordingly, the user terminal 130 transmits the MAC address to the server 410 according to the PXE boot order set on the main board, and the server 410 assigns the MAC address to the user terminal 130 in the configuration file Searches the IP address and allocates the retrieved IP address to the user terminal 130 (S503).

After assigning the IP address, the server 410 transmits the boot image to the user terminal 130 (S505). Where the boot image includes information about which derivative image the user terminal 130 should receive, and a menu for selecting an administrator boot / general user boot. Preferably, the server 410 stores a plurality of boot images corresponding to the user terminals 130, searches one of the boot images using the MAC address of the user terminal 130, and transmits the retrieved one to the user terminal 130 .

The user terminal 130 receiving the boot image displays the boot image, receives an input regarding the general user boot from the user in step S507, and transmits the general user boot request to the server 110 in step S509. At this time, the general user boot request may include information of a derivative image that the user terminal 130 should receive.

The server 410 receiving the general user boot request searches for a derivative image corresponding to the user terminal 130 among a plurality of derivative images derived from the temporary image generated from the master image (S511).

The server 410 that has retrieved the derived image transmits the retrieved derived image to the user terminal 130 in step S513 and the user terminal 130 that received the derived image boots the derived image in step S515. When booting, a logical drive for the derivative image is created in the user terminal 130, and the user sets the environment of the operating system in the derived image, drives the game program or the office program, Deletion, and the like (S517). The result of the operation is transmitted from the user terminal 130 to the server 410, and the server 410 reflects the received operation result in the derived image (S519, S521).

On the other hand, it may be necessary to reboot the user terminal 130 while the user is working on the derived image. For example, a user may need to reboot the user terminal 130, or install a new program in the environment of a derived image to reboot. Accordingly, the user terminal 130 transmits a reboot request to the server 410 (S523).

The server 410 having received the reboot request confirms whether the current time is the update period of the derived image (S525). If the current time is within the update period, the server 410 deletes the existing derived image corresponding to the user terminal 130 and generates a new derived image from the temporary image (S527). Then, the server 410 transmits the generated new derivative image to the user terminal 130 (S529). The user terminal 130 boots with the new derivative image. Therefore, the environment of the user terminal 130 becomes an environment of an initial state. For example, if a PC room administrator reboots a particular PC that was used by a large number of guests in a PC room, that particular PC will revert back to the initial state of the room before guests use it.

If it is determined in step S525 that the current time is not the update time, the server 410 transmits the existing derived image corresponding to the user terminal 130 to the user terminal 130 again in step S531. Accordingly, the user terminal 130 boots from the existing derivative image used by the user, and thus the program to be installed by the user is installed, and the existing environment is kept intact.

6 is a signal flow diagram illustrating a process of registering an unregistered user terminal in the system of FIG.

Referring to FIG. 6, the administrator applies power to the user terminal 130 in an unregistered state (S601). Accordingly, the user terminal 130 transmits the MAC address to the server 110 according to the PXE boot order set in the main board, and requests the allocation of the IP address (S603).

Since the server 110 searches for an IP address to be assigned to the user terminal 130 in the configuration file using the MAC address, the server 110 confirms that the MAC address of the corresponding user terminal is not registered in the configuration file (S605). Accordingly, the server 110 assigns the temporary IP address to the user terminal 130 (S607). The server 110 transmits the temporary boot image to the user terminal 130 (S609). The temporary boot image includes information of the temporary image as information of the image that the user terminal 130 should receive, and includes a menu for selecting the administrator boot / general user boot.

The user terminal 130 receiving the temporary boot image displays the temporary boot image and receives an input from the administrator regarding the administrator boot. Accordingly, the user terminal 130 outputs an input window for inputting the ID and the password, receives the ID and the password through the input window, and transmits the ID and the password to the server 110 (S611). At this time, the user terminal 130 may request transfer of the forest image.

The server 110 receiving the ID and the password performs the authentication using the ID and the password. If the authentication is successful, the server 110 transmits the temporary image created from the master image to the user terminal 130 (S613). The user terminal 130 receiving the temporary image boots the received temporary image (S615), and the terminal registration module in the temporary image is executed (S617).

The terminal registration module executed in the user terminal 130 displays an interface input window for terminal registration and inputs terminal information such as the number and name of the user terminal 130 in the unregistered state from the manager through the input window And transmits the terminal information including the input number, name, and the like to the server 110 (S619). Here, the MAC address may be included in the terminal information.

The server 110 that has received the terminal information records the received terminal information, specifically, a number, a name, and the like in a configuration file, records the MAC address in the configuration file, and also transmits the terminal information to the corresponding user terminal 130 And also records the IP address in the configuration file (S621). In this way, the user terminal 130 in the unregistered state is registered in the server, and when the user terminal 130 is later used by the general user, the IP address is allocated according to the information recorded in the configuration file, and the derived image is allocated and executed .

7 is a diagram illustrating a storage device replacement system in accordance with another embodiment of the present invention.

7, the storage device replacement system according to the present embodiment includes a plurality of servers 610 and 630, one of which is a main server 610 and the other is a backup server 630, to be. The plurality of servers 610 and 630 shown in FIG. 7 include all the configurations of the servers 110 and 410 described with reference to FIG. 1 or 4, and a description of corresponding portions is omitted here.

As shown in FIG. 7, the plurality of servers 610 and 630 include a server management module 611.

The server management module 611 is installed in the main server 610 and the backup server 630 and monitors and communicates the operation status of the server and stores the images (master image, temporary image, derived image, boot image, To the servers. The server management module 611 controls the user terminals connected to the failed server to change the connection to the server in which the failure has not occurred when a failure occurs in the server.

The server management module 611 installed in the main server 610 transfers various data of the main server 610 to the backup server 630 And synchronizes the user terminal 130 connected to the main server 610 to the backup server 630 when the load of the main server 610 increases or a failure occurs.

8 is a diagram illustrating a storage device replacement system in accordance with another embodiment of the present invention.

In FIG. 8, the same reference numerals as those shown in FIG. 7 include all the functions and operations described with reference to FIG. As shown in FIG. 8, a switching hub 810 is included in the network 150 between the servers 610 and 630 and the user terminal 130.

The switching hub 810 provides a port trunking (LINK AGGREGATION) function for increasing the data transmission speed between the servers 610 and 630 and the user terminal 130. For example, if two separate ports on the switching hub 810 are configured to support a data transfer rate of 100 Mb / s each, then the two ports are connected together via the port trunking scheme, Thereby forming one 200 Mb / s link between the servers 610 and 630 and the user terminal 130.

9 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a mass storage device of a storage device replacement system according to another embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 9, a mass storage device (SSD) 930 for inputting and outputting high-speed data and a general hard disk 910.

The general hard disk 910 stores a master image, a temporary image, and a derivative image according to the present embodiment, and stores an operating system of the server itself related to the RAID operation.

In the present invention, the user terminals 130 receive a derivative image referring to the master image from the server 110, and the master image is one, while the derivative image is a number corresponding to the number of the user terminals 130 Therefore, in the present invention, the number of times of approaching the master image increases, and the response speed naturally decreases.

Accordingly, in this embodiment, a part of data frequently used by users is stored in an SSD 930 having a fast access speed, and data stored in the SSD 930 is quickly accessed when data input / output is requested by the user terminal 130 And accesses the general hard disk 910 in which the entire data exists.

That is, the SSD 930 is used as a cache of the general hard disk 910. Accordingly, the image management module 111 of the server 110 manages mapping information regarding which data in the hard disk 910 is cached at the SSD 930. The mapping information may be managed in the form of a mapping table, but is not limited thereto.

According to the present embodiment, the SSD 930 for providing high-speed data input / output is used as a cache storage of a general hard disk 910, and frequently used data is input / output through the SSD 930, In the present invention, the storage device can be centralized while enhancing storage performance.

The method of the present invention as described above may be embodied as a program and stored in a computer-readable recording medium (such as a CD-ROM, a RAM, a ROM, a floppy disk, a hard disk, or a magneto-optical disk).

While the specification contains many features, such features should not be construed as limiting the scope of the invention or the scope of the claims. In addition, the features described in the individual embodiments herein may be combined and implemented in a single embodiment. Conversely, various features described herein in a single embodiment may be implemented in various embodiments individually or in a suitable subcombination.

It should also be understood that the division of various system components in the above embodiments does not require such distinction in all embodiments. The above-described program components and systems can generally be implemented as a single software product or as a package in multiple software products.

It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications and variations can be made in the present invention without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention. The present invention is not limited to the drawings.

110: Server 150: Network
130: user terminal 111: image management module
113: Derived image generation module 115: Image transmission module
119: Remote Boot Module

Claims (18)

A server apparatus for providing a substitute service of a storage device to a user terminal having no storage device and having a computing device,
Storage means for storing a master image for a partition in which an operating system and an application program are installed, a derived image generated from the master image, and a boot image;
A remote boot module for assigning an IP address to the user terminal connected via a network and transmitting the boot image to the user terminal;
An image generation module that generates the derivative image corresponding to the user terminal from the master image;
An image transmission module for transmitting the master image or the derivative image to the user terminal via the network; And
And receiving an operation result of the master image or the derivative image at the user terminal from the user terminal and reflecting the master image or the derivative image stored in the storage means to the master image or the derivative image. The method according to claim 1,
The image generation module includes:
Generating a temporary image from the master image and generating the derived image from the temporary image. 3. The method of claim 2,
The image generation module includes:
And receiving a job completion signal using the master image from the user terminal receiving the master image, deleting the existing temporary image and generating a new temporary image from the completed master image. 4. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 3,
And a derivative image updating module for controlling the image generating module to delete the derivative image and generate a new derivative image under a specific condition. 5. The method of claim 4,
The specific condition is,
The server device, characterized in that any one of the case that the user terminal reboots, or when the user terminal reboots within a specific period. 4. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 3,
Wherein the master image comprises:
A partition image of an operating system, and a partition image of a game program. 4. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 3,
Wherein the master image comprises:
And a terminal registration module which detects whether the user terminal is a terminal registered in the server and registers information of the unregistered user terminal in the server. 4. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 3,
And a server management module which monitors an operation state of the server device and switches the user terminal to a backup server device that synchronizes data in real time when a failure of the server device occurs. 4. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 3,
The storage means stores,
A hard disk connected in a RAID system to store the master image, a derivative image, and a boot image; And
And a solid state drive (SSD) operating as a cache storage for a data access request to the hard disk. A method for substituting service of a storage device by a server connected to a user terminal without a storage device and having a computing device,
(a) generating a master image and a boot image of a partition on which an operating system and an application program are installed, and generating a derived image from the master image and storing the derived image in the storage means;
(b) assigning an IP address to the user terminal connecting through a network and transmitting the boot image to the user terminal;
(c) transmitting the master image or the derivative image to the user terminal via the network according to mode selection information received from the user terminal; And
(d) receiving a result of the operation at the user terminal of the master image or the derived image from the user terminal and reflecting the stored result in the master image or the derived image stored in the storage means; 11. The method of claim 10,
The step (a)
Generating a temporary image from the master image, storing it in the storage means and generating the derived image from the temporary image. 12. The method of claim 11,
(d) When a job completion signal using the master image is received from the user terminal receiving the master image, deleting the existing temporary image stored in the storage means and newly generating and storing a temporary image from the completed master image. The method further comprises. 13. The method according to any one of claims 10 to 12,
Deleting the derived image under a specific condition and generating a new derived image and storing the new derived image in the storage means. 14. The method of claim 13,
The specific condition is,
And when the user terminal reboots, or when the user terminal reboots within a specific time period. 13. The method according to any one of claims 10 to 12,
Wherein the master image comprises:
A partition image of an operating system, and a partition image of a game program. 13. The method according to any one of claims 10 to 12,
Wherein the master image comprises:
And a terminal registration module which detects whether the user terminal is a terminal registered in the server and registers information of the unregistered user terminal in the server. 13. The method according to any one of claims 10 to 12,
Monitoring the operation state of the server and switching the user terminal to a backup server device that synchronizes data in real time when a failure occurs in the server. A computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program for executing the method according to any one of claims 10 to 12.

Images